Vegetable intercrops in summer rice using gunny bag columns for better nutrition & economy, India

This is a system of growing vegetable crops in waterlogged rice field avoiding anoxia using gunny bag based soil columns. This increases water productivity, cropping intensity, net return per unit area and provide nutritional security to farmers. This work has been done at ICAR-CRIJAF from 2011-2016. The crop has to be managed by standard package of practices. In this system 4-5 tonnes of paddy and 30 to 600 quintals of different vegetables can be harvested. brings highest profit (1:5-7) in this system. If farmers' can grow 25 columns of different vegetables in 330 sq. m area farmers, they will be able to harvest pesticide free vegetable for own consumption, even if 40 percent of vegetables are lost by pest and diseases.
This will increase consumption of jute gunny bags in non conventional areas
Dr.A.K. Ghorai
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CRIJAF, CPD
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References: A. K. Ghorai, D. K. Kundu, Shailesh Kumar, A. Shamna and Debarati Datta* (2020).Gunny bag based soil columns for crop diversification in rice field to enhance
livelihood security of land scarce farmers.Current Science, 119(7):1190-1195

[@KanakMandal-nl4sm]

Good idea

[@shashisabale81]

very good concept very useful for small farmers for sustaining i liked very much .i will definitely try in my field .today's farmers are only running towards mono crop.

[@aseshghorai8478]

Thank you very much

[@asimkumarchakraborty2271]

Useful for vegetable growing even under waterlogged condition in raised soil columns. Very much relevant during the excess rainfalls in recent years with waterlogging for several months (April to December).

[@aseshghorai8478]

Thank you very much

[@aniketpawar18]

Great solution for waterlogged land sir 👍👍👍 very helpful , I'm from kokan , facing same problem

[@athokpamaneiba6589]

I want to know if the vegetables doesn't suffer any disorder due to high soil moisture like root rot, wilting or die back? If not, then we can implement it as a sustainable method.